Roger reveals death threats

Investigative journalist Roger Cook has revealed how he received death threats when The Cook Report was on our screens.

The reporter and broadcaster, who stars in new series Roger Cook’s Greatest Hits, says it did bother him on some occasions.

Roger received death threats

“It bothers me sometimes, but nothing has ever come to fruition,” the New Zealander said. “It’s all hot air. The threats haven’t been people ringing me saying ‘I’m going to kill you,’ though. They are filtered threats.”

He even says that one criminal arrested over a threat claimed he’d been offered cash to kill him.

Roger revealed: “The last one I had came via the regional crime squad. They arrested someone, but during the arrest he tried to bargain by telling the police what else he’d been asked to do, and one of the things was to kill me for the sum of £20,000. It seems a bit cheap!”